by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 15, 2022 | dissertation, external funding, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, wellness, writing
This post is based off of a podcast series that Dr. Julia Daniel did for the Baylor Graduate School back in early 2021. The first post covered the historic and economic reasons for the state of the academic job market and what applying for an academic job actually...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 9, 2022 | Covid-19, dissertation, Faith and the Academy, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, graduate student resources, guest post, life in grad school, pedagogy, PhD alt-career, Post-Docs, postdoc, wellness
This post is based off of a podcast series that Dr. Julia Daniel did for the Baylor Graduate School back in early 2021. This first post will cover the historic and economic reasons for the state of the academic job market and what applying for an academic job actually...
by anna_beaudry1 | Sep 1, 2022 | dissertation, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, life in grad school, wellness, writing
Photo by Mikael Kristenson on Unsplash Whether you are a first-year grad student or a fifth-year graduate student, the start of a new year is always overwhelming and a bit daunting. There are myriad due dates swirling around your syllabi and your head. Maybe your new...
by anna_beaudry1 | Aug 26, 2022 | dissertation, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, life in grad school, pedagogy, Post-Docs, postdoc, postdoctoral fellowship program, Research Opportunities, Waco
The Graduate School launched the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in 2020-2021 with the support of the Provost’s Office and in collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Honors College. These 10-month positions include a salary of $40,000,...
by anna_beaudry1 | Aug 19, 2022 | graduate student advice, Graduate Student Mentoring, interview, life in grad school, pedagogy, STEM, wellness
Welcome back Baylor Bears! At the end of last semester, we conducted an “exit interview” with our previous Associate Dean of Professional Development, Dr. Beth Allison Barr, which you can read here. To welcome in our new Associate Dean of Professional...
by anna_beaudry1 | May 4, 2022 | Beth Allison Barr author, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, interview, pedagogy, Post-Docs, postdoc, postdoctoral fellowship program, writing
This spring, we are bidding a fond farewell to our beloved Associate Dean in the Graduate School, Dr. Beth Allison Barr. Dr. Barr has been a champion for improving graduate student quality of life, and she’s helped accomplished the reduction and eventual...
by anna_beaudry1 | Apr 25, 2022 | dissertation, GPS workshops, graduate student advice, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Mentoring, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, interview, life in grad school, STEM, wellness, writing
For our final interview this semester in the How and Where I Write Series (don’t worry, we’ll bring this back in the future!), we sat down with Jasmine Stovall, a fourth-year PhD student in the Biology department. She also completed her MS at Baylor as...
by anna_beaudry1 | Apr 12, 2022 | graduate student advice, graduate student resources, Graduate Writing Center, interview, life in grad school, STEM, wellness, writing
Want to get to know the soon-to-be Associate Dean of Professional Development for Baylor’s Graduate School, Dr. Sara Dolan? Read on to learn more about her and her writing habits. Starting in June, Dr. Dolan will be taking over from current Associate Dean, Dr....
by anna_beaudry1 | Apr 4, 2022 | dissertation, Graduate Student Association, graduate student resources, life in grad school, Research Opportunities, Summer Dissertation Fellowship, writing
The Baylor Graduate School is pleased to announce the third cohort of the Summer Dissertation Fellows. This highly competitive fellowship includes a stipend of $3000 paid over two months (June and July) that enables advanced PhD candidates to focus on writing their...
by anna_beaudry1 | Mar 28, 2022 | Academy for Teaching and Learning, Covid-19, graduate student advice, graduate student resources, interview, life in grad school, Waco, wellness, writing
For our first graduate student interview, we sat down with Ryan Ramsey, a third-year PhD student in Religion. Ryan studies World Christianity and Pentecostalism. He holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School (’19) and a BA from Lee University (’14)....
